the future of a landmark restaurant and bakery in oakland is up in the air after an early-morning fire. we'll tell you why some are concerned that merritt's may be closed for good. bay area firefighters find themselves in a very dangerous

situation. what happened inside their firehouse overnight. i didn't think she was dead, no, never. >> his daughter was one of the three women found alive ten years after they were kidnapped. a live report from cleveland on this story. the deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. the anger directed at the limo driver. "mornings on 2" starts now. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, may 8th. new this morning, employees at merritt bakery in oakland are wondering what's next following a fire just hours ago. here's video of flames shooting from the back of the building. ktvu's tara moriarty was on scene minutes after the fire was reported and joins us live to let us know what is happening there now. good morning, tara. >> reporter: all of these workers have been showing up to

go to work. obviously the restaurant is show closed. they are sort of milling around wondering what they will be doing next. you can see here that the bakery is closed and it will remain that way until the health department deems it safe. merit's has had two big fires over years. how will this affect business? the biggest flames were shooting in the back of the building. this is video at 3:00 in the morning. the 911 came in about 15 minutes before we got out there. 32 firefighters were able to knock out the flames in 45 minutes. heavy, black, toxic smoke was coming from the building when we arrived, making it difficult to breathe. >> we had fire coming from the first floor -- >> reporter: i can see the mick billowing. it was hard to -- hard to breathe. >> yeah, most of that was

coming from the second floor. >> reporter: the chief says one of the biggest challenges was tackling flames in such a large building and the inside tour of the building shows heavy damage. this is a popular landmark restaurant and bakery located right across the street from lake merritt. it's been dishing out pies and cakes for more than 15 years. we're trying to get in touch with the fire chief to find out exactly what happened and caused this fire. no word yet on how much this fire will cost to fix. live from oakland, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. continuing coverage of the discovery of three women in cleveland who had been missing for ten years. our reporter is live in ohio, where the brothers arrested in connection with this case are expected to be interviewed today. good morning garrett. >> reporter: good morning. we're expecting charges today against the three brothers police arrested.

ariel castro, pedro and onil, his brothers. yesterday, a judge granted prosecutors a full 48 hours to bring the charges. we expect the charges to be on the state and possibly the federal level. ten years of evidence to go through. the fbi, the local police are saying it will be something that's ongoing for quite sometime. we know -- here behind me at ariel castro's home, where the women were held, the fbi was here until about midnight. they will be back here today searching through the ten years of evidence, again, while these women were held captive. police are interested in several other properties here in the area. the two other brothers had homes. police want to look into those homes and find any evidence that might be there as well. we know as well that -- that the ten years of evidence police have said that consistently that that's a lot they are working with.

so they've stressed that the media and publish to be patient. they said the three women, that it's very a delicate situation. so their interview process is something they will take very slowly as they come along as well. it will be a long process as the police and fbi have emphasized. there's a press conference this afternoon where we're hoping to get a lot more answers and details about what police have found so far. what it is, if anything, the women are saying. tori? >> thank you. later this morning, we're expecting new details on what will be done to fix broken bolts on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. brian flores is on treasure island right now with more on whether this problem could delay the scheduled labor day opening. brian? >> reporter: well, dave, construction continues on the bay bridge, but so does more testing when it comes to the questionable bolts that were installed on the bridge earlier this year. we should get the results of that testing and whether it

will delay the much anticipated opening of the bay bridge. now, the big meeting scheduled to take place at 9:30 this morning. we are expected to hear from transportation officials about their plans to repair several dozen seismic bolts that snapped when they were installed in march. engineers say it appears the cause was hydrogen but how it got there remains the question. we're also expected to get an update about 200 bolts that were installed. these bolts were manufactured a couple of years later than the original ones to see how those are holding up. at this point, there are a couple of options on the table. we're expecting to hear from engineers what those plans are along with how much that will cost. lawmakers are calling for independent reviews. we'll cover this meeting. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a lot of people waiting for that big announcement. >> yeah. >> we'll be covering that here on ktvu. right now we want to check in with sal who is covering the

wednesday-morning commute. sal? sal is checking on some breaking news because he stepped a -- he just stepped -- oh, he just came back. i know you did. >> i was in that part of the newsroom. >> all right. let's take a look at the traffic. one of the things we want to talk about is the slow traffic getting into san francisco, westbound on the bay bridge. as a matter of fact, if you are driving on 80 westbound, it's not that bad here but once you get to the bay bridge, there's a backup of about 20 minutes. it's not as bad as some days where it's 30 minutes. we're find of qualifying this. you can always tell by looking at the left-hand side of the screen. we have a crash 880 near stevenson, the bottom of the screen where it says 707. you can see traffic is slow approaching. across the bay, 101, i would avoid it, 101 northbound after 380. we had an earlier car that went into the water. the best alternate would be 380

to 280 gets up in that way. 101 is probably not advised. if you are just going up to burlingame, you shouldn't worry about it but 280 is always the better bet. let's go to steve. >> good morning. cloudy day. some rain off on the east two areas of low pressure, the big one is moving into arizona. the wrap-around rain is giving way. those two giving us cloud cover. light rain right there heading back to rio vista, suisun city, vacaville. not much left, it continues to work its way there. we're cooler along with a westerly breeze. fairfield, travis, light rain. more of a westerly bridge, not only at sfo but also oakland. the delta breeze is in place and also right over san pablo

bay. you can see some of that coming back from sacramento. sacramento is reporting rain, parts of napa county, northern. lake county and leading towards -- heading towards fairfield and rio vista, suisun city. speaking of our low, look at this big low in new york. it's a monster low in the northeast all the wait down into parts of the south but the wraparound has given some flooding to new york, brooklyn and hoboken. it looks like things are trying out now. 40s, 50s to 60s. in fact, rain will continue i think towards sacramento valley, san joaquin valley and also into the sierra. one last gasp on the system. morning fog, partly sunny later on. but a westerly breeze and thicker fog means a little cooler pattern. 60s for many, very low 70s unless you are well off the inland areas. a little dip today, slight warmup on thursday. we'll carry that and more sunshine and warmer

temperatures arrive bay by the weekend -- by the weekend. brooklyn resident ian styles took this photo. look at this flooding. the water is about a foot high. it's a nightmare, as you can imagine, trying to drive through this. as much as 3-inches are expected on coney island and other parts of brooklyn. showers, isolated thunderstorms are forecast through the evening. these pictures are incredible. 7:10. we now continue our coverage of the deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. there's growing criticism of the driver's actions as flames engulfed the limo saturday night. several survivors and relatives say orville "ricky" brown was did little to help the women as they tried to escape the flames. brown said he did everything possible to help and feels

terrible about the fire. the coroner's office has released the names of all five women who died in the limo while heading to a wedding party. >> three of the women were mothers with children. jenni balon lived in dublin. anna alcantara was from fresno and felomina geronga, this is obviously hard for the families with mother's day coming up. a blockbuster congressional hearing in washington. the scathing testimony whistle blowers could give on the attack. and google glasses, gotta go. reason caesar's palace in las vegas will not allow patrons to wear these new devices.

our unusual may continues here. very cool and cloudy, even light rain to the east. fairfield, 53 degrees, a west wind. it will be mostly cloudy and cool. temperatures mainly in the 60s. 7:13. at least seven people now confirmed dead after a car foe ship slammed into the port in italy. the impact, knocked the control tower into the water. at least two people are still missing. some may be trapped underwater inside that tower. divers are searching. no word what caused the crash. there's one report that italy that said the ship's captain is being investigated for manslaughter. the white house may soon announce if it's in favor of something that the fbi has wanted for years. the fbi wants to overhaul the current wiretapping laws. that's because the current laws don't cover communication over

the internet, including on social networks. robert mueller says that limits the fbi's ability to carry out court-approved eavesdropping. leland yee is planning to introduce legislation that would ban using 3-d printers to make guns. this is after a company is now claiming they got downloadable designs for printable gun parts on its websites. there are efforts on a national level to outlaw those guns. 3-d printers are a new technology. but the office supplies store chain staples recently announced it will start selling them next month. caesar's palace in las vegas, banning gamblers from wearing the google glasses. a casino spokesman points to nevada gaming rules that prohibit computer recording devices. the glasses allow users to get on the internet, take pictures

and record video. that device will be banned from concert performances from the hotel as well. 7:15. contra costa county is on track to lose two more fire stations because of money problems. the board of supervisors approved the plan to close station 87 in pittsburg in july. the board did not say which other station it could close but that would happen next january. the fire chief says the station closures would save $3 million. three other stations were already closed in recent months. the body of a missing hiker from minnesota has been found in yosemite national park. 73-year-old kenneth stensby's body was recovered from the base of vernal fall yesterday afternoon. he apparently fell while taking a picture of the waterfall. neighbors say he was a veteran hiker traveling alone. authorities learned he was missing after he failed to return to his hotel. just a little over an hour from now, a hearing gets

underway on capitol hill, looking into last year's attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. republicans insist the obama administration is covering up information. south carolina senator lindsey graham posted a statement on his facebook page saying "i think the dam is about to break on benghazi. we're gonna find a system failure before, during and after the attacks." jamie dupree joins us now via type. there are those who say this hearing is really about partisan politics than anything else. >> reporter: it will be definitely fireworks here. you will have a lot of democrats who will say this is nothing but a political witch hunt that's aimed mainly at former secretary of state, hillary clinton, and the obama white house as well. what do republicans say? they will have three career state department employees as witnesses. some of them refer to

themselves as whistle-blowers arguing they've been leaned on by their superiors not to tell their stories in public. for one, there will be testimony that will basically say that the obama administration should have and could have done more in a military sense to help the people who are under assault when this attack occurred in benghazi last september the 11th. also we'll hear a very familiar refrain on the issue of how it was described and laid out by the obama administration after the attacks. the old issue of blaming it on the anti-muslim video. we'll have one witness, who is the number two person at the embassy in libya who will say they knew right away it was a terrorist attack and there was no reason for the administration to characterize it otherwise. >> we just saw some video of former secretary of state, hillary clinton. some people are saying the reason the republicans are coming down so hard, these she's a potential presidential candidate for 2016. they want to see what they can

do to maybe put some blocks in that path. >> reporter: the interesting part about the former secretary of state is this -- i was really struck in the media aftermath in the attacks as to how she took a back seat in the public explain aches of it because susan rice was the one who went out on the talk shows and talks abouted videos of the anti-muslim video and hillary clinton described it in the immediate aftermath as a terrorist attack but then some disappeared from it. republicans have been after hillary clinton for a number of years. i remember, tori, covering the white water hearings back in the clinton administration. they were unable to fully tag her then. we'll see if they can bring her into the loop this time. the state department says she's not really involved in some of these decisions. >> what's the final outcome? what do we expect from the hearings? >> that's the question. i mean, look, republicans for

all criticism about their investigation. they've dragged out some interesting information that wasn't out there and wasn't being volunteered. a number of lawmakers that i spoke to yesterday, they basically said they think that this will lay the groundwork for even more hearings and mo even more whistle blowers. that's what i'm being told. sometimes in these hearings there is a lot more buildup than delivery of real information. we'll see what the republicans and witnesses can deliver starting in about another hour and 15 minutes. jamie dupree, back to you. >> all right. thank you. you can read more on jamie's blog. you can find a link to it on our website. just go to ktvu.com. pull down the news menu bar and go to our politics page. always a lot going on. >> always, always. 7:20. it was a target of an ncaa investigation. how one bay area college is hoping to bounce back from a

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st. mary's college is appealing penalties as a result of an ncaa investigation. last month, the college was hit with stiff sanctions after it found several violations in the men's basketball program. they include trying to lure recruits with extra benefits. now, st. mary's did not challenge the findings but it did appeal the loss of two basketball scholarships and some other penalties. 7:23. a pitcher for the toronto blue jays is recovering in a

hospital after a head injury that may be difficult for some to watch. >> oh! >> you can see him falling to the ground after being hit in the head by a line drive during last night's game wednesday the tampa bay rays. there was some bleeding around his ear but he was alert when he was taken off the field. the major league baseball has looked into protective head gear for pitchers but nothing has been approved yet. you can see the reaction from the players. the jays won 6-4 last night. an archrival of the san francisco giants showed off his softer side. >> go, baby! >> after sunday night's game at at&t matt kemp met one of his biggestians, joshua jones of tracy suffers from inoperable

cancer in the spine. he's been given 90 days to live. ke joan said he was -- jones said he was in shock. his brother said if this is his last memory, it's anincredible one. literally kemp gave him the shirt off his back. >> you cannot top that. 7:24. let's go to sal. he's watching the commute, especially contra costa county. >> 24 westbound, traffic will be moving along pretty well. it's crowded in orinda. we haven't had any major problems. i look at the chp list and usually -- usually thinking about the major things that will slow you down on the way to the tunnel. i don't see anything right now. moving along the commute on the bay bridge, backed up for about a 20-minute delay. maybe 25 minutes. no problems getting on the upper deck of the bay bridge. if you are driving on the peninsula, we had the problem

that people may be not aware of. northbound 101 after 380 in south san francisco, it is very slow because of some earlier issues there near candlestick park. the lanes were closed for a bit. they've been reopened. however, you are gonna find slow traffic. i would use 280 through daly city and into san francisco that way. let's go to steve. >> sal? >> yes, sir. >> day baseball. >> today it's the giants with the phillies at at&t park. >> 12:45. looks mostly cloudy, clear, breezy. pretty significant fog bank and even light rain off to the east is working its way in. there you go. that's the west wind. that flag has been all over the place. now it's west. temperatures in baseball look mostly cloudy, china baiten -- basin. there's a low that's giving us

high loud and low rain. 50s on the temperatures. they are stuck here. not moving at all. 52, 53, some of that light rain has been heading back towards vacaville and fairfield. morning cloud, light rain in the morning to the east. over all, look for temperatures to be in the 60s and 70s. it looks like we'll start to -- it looks like we'll start a rebound and it will be warmer for the weekend. crews continue to search the pond near the calaveras county house where a little girl was found dead. police say they are close to solving the case. >> reporter: we are live in santa clara, a big announcement is expected on what company will get the naming rights to the new 49er stadium. we'll tell you who the top consender is -- when "mornings

on 2" -- top contender is when "mornings on 2" continues.

fear at an oakland fire station. a man was shot and killed on the street last night. inside the gunfire sent firefighters ducking for cover. in fact, some even hid under a fire engine. ktvu's claudine wong is live at the firehouse on 50th avenue where damage from the shooting

has been covered up. >> reporter: good morning. they called this bullet a through and through. it came through one door and went out through the door. you take a look at the back of the fire station, you can see an open window. that's where the bullet entered this fire station. it came right on through here and then out the door. now, keep in mind, there were several firefighters in the station when this happened. they had just come back from a call. several firefighters along this fire truck as well. the battalion chief was just here and took us through what happened when everyone ducked for cover. >> well, he's over here and for him to get under here, just imagine that. this is all metal. so if he messes up, he hits his head. >> reporter: whatever he heard was enough to say i'm getting under that truck? >> that's correct. he didn't know where they were coming from and they already saw the nas shatter. the hole in the window before it was taken out was about this big. >> reporter: he's going here, everyone else --

>> is going through the door and -- coming through here. coming through here underneath this desk. >> reporter: they went under the desk. >> yes. >> reporter: how many guys were under the desk? >> two. >> reporter: where did the bullet come from? one of dozens fired just a couple of blocks up the street in a fatal shooting that left one man dead. i want to come out here live because i want to show you, we've discovered -- you can see a hole in the window. the person who owns this building told firefighters that bullet came through when all of the shots were fired. that's at least two stray bullets a couple of blocks down. hitting this fire station hitting the house, people out here feeling fortunate nobody was hurt. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. oakland is the new robbery capitol of america. according to a new report, oakland reported more than 4300 robberies last year.

that's more than any other city in the country. mayor jean quan is calling the figures unacceptable. william bratton, the newly- hired police consultant is expected to release his recommendations an how to hand thele problem this week. san jose police say a man robbed a shoe store by posing as a subcontractor. officers have released two photos of the suspect wearing a had hart. he's accused of robbing the dsw shoes store on stevenson boulevard by forcing the manager to open the safe on april 25th. police say he left with an undisclosed amount of money. camera took a picture of this get away vehicle. it's white, possibly a prius. bliss police in berkeley investigating an overnight crash that seriously injured a pedestrian. police say a driver in a small sedan hit a man at that intersection about 8:20 last night. right now, still not clear if the injured pedestrian was in a

crosswalk at the time. >> the pedestrian was transported by the berkeley fire department to a local hospital. he's in critical condition. >> police say the driver did stop and is cooperating with investigators. they are still investigating whether drugs or alcohol may have been involved. new this morning, bayshore boulevard near san bruno avenue is open again after an early- morning crash there. police say a car and a big rig were going southbound when the car tried to make a u-turn. it collided with the big rig which then went off the freeway and down that embankment. the driver of the big rig was treated for minor injuries. the big rig was towed away just about an hour ago. 7:34. ktvu has learned the 49ers plan to make a big announcement today involving the name of the team's new billion-dollar stadium. ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live from the future home of the 9ers in santa clara with the name to be determined. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning,

tori. well, we know that the two streets here in front of the new 49ers stadium will be renamed after bill walsh and marie to honor the former coach and the ceo's grandma. but the name may be tied to a san francisco-based company. sources tell ktvu the 49ers plan to hold a news conference to announce a naming rights deal in san francisco. it's also possible that a new name for the stadium will be announced for the 68,000-seat facility. the naming rights is important because it will be a significant revenue source for financing the state yum. there's been speculation -- stadium. there's been speculation from media reports that indicated that levi strauss is the front runner. this is what one fan told us. >> button fly stadium doesn't really have a ring to it. but yeah, i think it should be someone local. i think it should be a silicon valley named stadium. it should have a high-tech name to it. >> reporter: well, levi strauss

obtained the domain rights and that fueled rumors. but sources say up until recently the company was still a top choice. now, the 49ers won't u.s. discuss the this yet. but when we receive word, we'll let you know when it will happen. coming up on "mornings on 2," we'll have more fan reaction. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. dive teams are continuing to search a pond near the home where an 8-year-old girl was stabbed to death in calaveras county. leila fowler's body was found by her 12-year-old brother on april 27th. he reported seeing a tall man with long, gray hair leaving the house. the calaveras sheriff's office says they are to solving the case but would not say why the fbi was searching the pond? hundred of people, meanwhile, gathered yesterday to remember leila fowler. her funeral was held in manteca.

she was laid to rest in a cemetery in san joaquin county. the house where her body was found is still an active crime scene. there's also an active gag order in effect until the investigation is complete. 7:36. alameda county supervisor scott haggerty is being sued by his former chief of staff. chris gray says haggerty forced him out of the job he held for 27 years. gray says he misused his power as a supervisor to line his pockets with public money and fired gray after gray started to talk about it. the current chief of staff says this case is nothing more than a disgruntled employee's complaints. very heavy traffic expected in the area of napa in the coming days. the bottlerock music festival is getting underway. tonight there will be a festival preview with a few of the acts out there. the bigger crowds are expected tomorrow through sunday. that's when the official festival kicks off. the four-day event features 50

bands playing from noon to 10:30 at night. the traffic is gonna be bad. the concert will affect traffic on 80, highways 12 and 221. and some of the other roads leading out of the napa valley area. the highway patrol will have about 40 officers out there directing traffic. motels in fairfield and vacaville are being booked up by concertgoers. there will be traffic coming in those cities and backing up all around the area. >> yes, there will. let's see if traffic is causing any problems right now. let's check in with sal castanedo, keeping an eye on the san mateo bridge. >> yeah, it's very slow. there was a crash earlier. there's a crash now. look at all of that slow traffic here. i'm surprised they've not issued a sig-alert for this. westbound 92 just past the san mateo bridge toll plaza area, there is a crash on the span. as i mentioned, there was a crash earlier approaching this

area. so today, highway 92 has been terrible. and i -- i've seen people standing outside of their cars out there on westbound 92. we're gonna figure out what's going on. if you are taking the san mateo bridge, you will need extra time. on the left, you can see the tow truck on the way. we'll keep an eye on that for you. don't use the san mateo bridge. i would say the dumbarton bridge, maybe the bay bridge. let's take a look at the bay bridge. that's not too bad. it's about a 25 to 30-minute delay. at this point, i would probably do that instead getting across into the city. if you are drinking in the south bay, the traffic there is just moderate, 101 is the heavy one. so is 280 and 85. the big story, the san mateo bridge we'll keep an eye on it for you. let's go to steve. before i get started, i want to give a quick shout out, i believe it's peter at the san francisco "chronicle." a great article about the last redwood up in the oakland

hills. beautiful article. fascinating. pats on the back and accolades for that story. front page. really good. let's get to the forecast. we have day baseball. it looks kind of cool, 64. you know, china basin, a little more sun than other areas. west wind at 15 miles an hour. light wind coming back from the sierra. there's another guy hanging back here. the combination of giving us about a 90% cloud cover. there is a few breaks. not much. also light rain. it looks like it's heading baaing to rio vista, suisun city, berkeley, antioch. 50s on the temperatures. really cool and a breeze is in place. fairfield, 55 and a west wind of 15 miles an hour. a little chill in the morning air. most locations out to the delta show a west wind. look at this light rain. sacramento has been reporting light rain. here it is, continuing to work

its way. there's fairfield's light rain. probably clipped vacaville as well. could be a little bit up in napa county and also into lake county. but give this system credit. it continues to give us some light rain. speaking of rain. a lot of rain. not light rain. look at this big low. it's pumped in copious amounts of rain. brooklyn and also into hoboken, new jersey reporting flooding earlier. thankfully, it looks like they've seen the last of that. they've had torrential rain back there. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. even 60s down to southern california. possibility of more rain. sacramento, san joaquin valley into the high desert. you can see that is still driving south. that low is impressive. morning fog, a lot of cloud. low clouds or high clouds. combination of the two and a westerly breeze with light rain. temperatures, 60s or very, very low 70s. i think we're capped with the low cloud deck. we'll turn it around on

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big delays on the san mateo bridge, westbound. it's at a standstill approaching an injury crash just west of the toll plaza. and the traffic is just

terrible here, as you can see. i think it's barely moving heading out west. if you are looking for an alternate route, i think the dumbarton bridge could be good or perhaps the bay bridge. but right now, we're not recommending the san mateo bridge. they could be in the process of clearing the lanes. sometimes they do that and stop all of the traffic but i still wouldn't recommend it. let's go back to the desk. stocks, a little change in early trading. the dow is still above 15,000 the day after it close the above the landmark level. so far stocks have defied expectations that a selloff would follow the spring surge. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is still up 5 at 15,061. the nasdaq is up 11 and the s&p also still in record territory up 3 at 1629. yahoo! and microsoft will continue their search alliance for another year. the two companies have an agement where -- an arrangement

where they are allowed a minimal search on the site. there have been reports google was interested in providing a more lucrative partnership to provide web search and search ad technology to yahoo!. 7:45. our continuing coverage of the deadly limousine fire. we're finding out more about what happened that night. pam cook is in the studio with the latest piece in this continuing investigation. pam? >> yeah, exactly what happened that night on the san mateo bridge is being closely examined. we're hear, the radio communications between emergency dispatchers and first responders to that limo fire. the voices sound calm but you can tell they are describing a frantic situation. >> a vehicle fire westbound 92. reportedly, a vehicle limo fire. >> both locations, people trapped.

one limo heavily engulfed. we got a report of people trapped. >> reactions from family are heartbreaking as they, too, try to deal with their grief and wonder is there someone or some thing to blame. >> there's anger that we're feeling but we don't know what that is. we don't know -- we don't understand how this thing could happen. is somebody responsible for what had happened? we'll have to wait. >> the limo driver does not think there was a five extinguisher in the limo. but current state law does not require limos to carry five extin gerber. that -- extinguishers. we understand that jerry hill of san mateo says he will introduce a bill requiring fire extinguishers in all limos.

tori and dave? >> all right, pam. thank you. 7:47. this is one of the busiest times of the year for limousine services. there's a huge demand for limos for the spring-time weddings, graduation and high school proms. the deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge is raising new safety concerns for bay area high school students and their parents. >> i called the company to make sure that they had better safety guide lines. what they would do in that situation. they said their maintenance was up to date. >> the department of transportation reports that in 2010, five people died in limo accidents. the next year, there was a dramatic increase. 21 people died. protests continue outside the funeral home where the bodty of bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev is being held. one man is offering a solution. right now the body is at a boston funeral home. the suspect's uncle, the police chief and director are all trying to determine where to

bury him. a connecticut man is oftenerring up his own -- offering up his own burial plot. >> this person, no matter how much of a pariah, no matter what a leopard he is, he's a human being. desoy serves the -- he deserves the right to be buried like anyone. >> this man says the family can use this plot but only on the condition it's done in the enemy of his mother who taught school and taught him to love everyone, even your enemies, unconditionally. a judge previously entered a not guilty plea for james holmes. if the new plea is accepted, there will be an evaluation to determine if he was insane at

the time of the shooting. a decision has been made on who will receive the $1 million reward in the christopher dorner case. $800,000 will go to the couple who was tied up by dorner in their big bear cabin. $150,000 will go to the man who reported seeing dorner's burning truck in the big bear air and $50,000 goes to a tow truck driver who spotted dorner at a gas station earlier in the manhunt. police say dorner took his own life during a standoff with police in big bear near february. screams of relief after being rescued from a mountain. it's happening with a group of hikers who became lost in the mountains of southern california. also, the proposal that could take a tone on golden gate bridge commuters. [ female announcer ] the one for all.

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being lost in the wilderness for three nights. the man became lost after trying to avoid an icy slope. they talked about how they kept warm at night when temperatures were near freezing. >> i don't like to use the word spooning -- [laughter] >> but if she didn't, we weren't gonna survive. that's for sure. >> the men were training for a mission trip. despite the ordeal, they say they can plan to continue training. today, a chp officer will be honored for being a life saver. in 2005, sergeant kevin brigs spent more than hour talking a 22-year-old man out of committing suicide by jumping off the -- from jumping off the bridge. the man he talked out of committing suicide will present him with the award. the golden gate bridge authority will talk about increase egg the tolls in the coming months.

the bridge district has a $29 million budget gap. the last toll hike was in september 2008. bridge officials say one bonus of the new electronic tolling system is that the increase can be less than a dollar because the traffic wouldn't be tied up as the toll takers try to make some change. >> all right. 7:53. let's check in with sal. big problems on another bridge. what's going on with the san mateo bridge. >> san mateo bridge, not toking well. we had a three-car crash about a mile in. the fire department is on the scene. three lanes are closed. they had to come in from the foster city side, hayward had to get in there as well. this is one of those things where we would not recommend using the san mateo bridge at all at this point. it looks like the -- it said on the dispatch computer that the right lane was blocked. i'm looking at it with my own four eyes here, it's the two right lanes blocked. this is bad news.

let's take a look at westbound bay bridge. that's backed up for about a 20 to 30-minute delay. this is your alternate, folks. i know it sounds like a long way but i would still do that. just to add, there's a daytime game at at&t park, 12:45, verse, the phillies. that -- verses the phillies. in the south bay, north 17, getting into the valley, not a pad commute this morning. 7:54. let's go to steve. well, cloudy to mostly cloudy. in fact, some light rain off to the east and even a lot of low clouds and a westerly breeze. there's a little chill in the air. it will be a cool day for day baseball. went 64 but cloudy to mostly cloudy. there will be a west wind, 15, 20 miles an hour. we do have two systems, one little low to the west and a stronger one in arizona but wrapping back around there's been some light rain the sierra nevada. 50s, low. they've been stuck. rain shouldn't last too much longer if you are out to the

eastern solano, contra costa county, you could get some rain. a westerly breeze and a cool pattern. 70s to the inland areas but a lot of 60s. it looks like tomorrow we'll start a rebound after the fog burns off. 7:55. a community in ohio reacting to the incredible rescue and an amazing story. >> they reached out -- it was just a blessing. >> three women found alive ten years after they were kidnapped. the future of a landmark restaurant in oakland is up in the air after an overnight fire. we'll tell you why some people think merritt's may be gone for good. >> reporter: will the new bay bridge open in time for labor day weekend? the big announcement bicarbs and other officials as "mornings on 2" -- by caltrans and other officials as "mornings on 2" continues. crash dating!

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welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. investigators want to know what caused a big fire overnight at the popular merit bakery. take a look. firefighters got there at 2:45 this morning. tara moriarty has on this story

since 4:30. you are back now. >> reporter: workers have been wonder what's gonna happen to merritt's. it's been shut down until further notice. it's empty, as you can see. there's a lot of anxiety because no one knows when or if it will open again. this is the video of the flames shooting out of the back of the building around 3:00 this morning. we arrived within 15 minutes of that northbound call. call-- of that 911 call. firefighters were able to knock down the flames within 45 minutes. merritt's has had two previous fires in the years. the city gave them min to prevent them from closing. one customer coming here since the '60s wonders if this will

shut down the bakery for good. >> it's a bakery where you could come in and get a couple of cookies, get a cake, whatever. it's a place where everybody net. now it's not here. i don't know if it will come back or not. >> reporter: we got an inside tour of this building. officials estimate tens of thousands of dollars in damage. this is a very popular restaurant and bakery located across the street from lake merritt. it's been dishing out pies and cakes for more than 50 years. we put a call into the fire investigator to see how the fire may have started. we know it burned two floors including the kitchen. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:00. earlier this year, nearly three dozen seismic safety bolts broke on the eastern span of the new bay bridge. cut's brian flores has more now -- ktvu's brian flores has more on the plans to fix this problem and if the labor day opening opening will be delayed. >> reporter: construction

continues on the bay bridge and so does the testing when it comes to those questionable bolts. later this morning, we should get thence -- get the answers. now, the big meeting scheduled to take place this morning at 9:30. we are expected to hear from transportation officials about their plans to repair several dozen seismic bolts that snapped when they were installed in march. engineers say it appears the cause was hydrogen. as to how it got there remains the question. these were the bolts that were manufactured and enhanced by the bolt manufacturer as well. at this point, there are a couple of options on the table either retrofitted or enhanced. they will also reveal how much it will cost. back out here live, a congressman and others on the committee are calling for independent reviews. the big question, whether the

bay bridge will open in time for the labor day weekend. we should know in less than two hours from now. we're live here on treasure island, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:01. let's check in with sal. i know you are still watching the san mateo bridge. >> it's terrible. i mean, you can see for yourself. i want to show you this picture of the san mateo bridge. this crash there, still blocking the two right lanes. i've been a traffic reporter for a long time. crashes on the san mateo bridge. very dangerous. they never seem to end well just because of the way the bridge is laid out. people going fast, speeds get up there. the fire response is tricky to get on there. hayward in foster city patrol the bridge. this is just a big mess. getting automatic all the way to 880 it will be slow out to the san mateo bridge. it's not a good commute. we don't advise it. we advise you to use the dumb boren to bridge -- bum barren to bridge. this is a -- dumbarton bridge.

the traffic continues to look pretty good if you are driving onto the bridge itself. this could be a pretty decent alternate route for you getting across into san francisco. there's a daytime baseball game at at&t park. let's go to our moving cam you are. this is highway 1 in pacifica. northbound highway 1 in pacifica. as you drive through coming up on pacifica, just about to turn into daly city here, highway 1 at 35, going underneath there, and you can see the traffic is actually moving pretty well on northbound highway 1. 8:03. let's go to steve. did we use the red turn signal -- >> i will ask. >> okay. good morning. cloudy skies. a couple of things going on. have a westerly breeze in place. clouds still coming in off the sierra nevada with light rain out towards fairfield. i've had one report, that's out at fairfield. and then there's also a low

cloud deck coming in. our temperatures will be on the cool side. sal touched on it, day baseball. a cool 64. there's -- you see it. it's kind of falling apart. it's still there. some of that light rain has made it back to vacaville and fairfield, maybe a little bit up towards lake county. a lot of cloud cover, two lows, the main one is going into arizona. there's another -- that little guy says i'm not going to leave yet. it's right off the coast. that's kind of enhancing our fog a little bit. 50, 54 in livermore. i don't know where the 60 is coming from. the low will eventually kick out of here but not until tonight, tomorrow. then we'll see high pressure build in. today, a lot of fog, westerly breeze. a lot of 60s here. even santa rosa is in there. vallejo, benicia, crockett, san rafael. low 70s for some. concord only 72. 72 for san jose. 68, san mateo. cool on the coast. maybe a little warmer towards

slay valley. temperatures below average. they will start a slight warmup. it looks sunny and warmer. as we head into the weekend. time is 8:04. we have continuing coverage of the three women found alive in cleveland, ohio after being reported missing for ten years. tory dunnan is live in ohio where the police are facing tough questions about how they handle musts person cases. >> reporter: at this point, the fbi has secured the suspect -- suspect's home. these three women are just trying to return to some sort of normalcy. >> reporter: years of searching, desperation and heartache, over in an instant. amanda berry smoke to her

grandfather for the first time in ten years. >> amanda? >> hi, grandma. >> how are you? >> i'm fine. >> i thought were you gone -- you were gone. >> nope. i'm here. >> reporter: the three women disappeared between 2002 and 2004. they were found at a home three niles a -- three miles away. the women were apparently bound. police found hopes and chains in the house -- ropes and chains in the house. now three brothers are behind bars awaiting charges. michele knight was 21 when she went missing. her mother said at the time it wasn't clear if she had been abducted or left on her own. >> they told me that maybe she didn't want nothing to do with me. so -- but still in my heart, i thought no. i know my michele. >> reporter: family members of one of the women said berry and dejesus were in good condition.

but knight was weak and thin. charles ramsey, the neighbor who reportedly helped the escape, he was called a hero. but he says no. >> i'm a christian, an american. and just like you. >> reporter: ramsey says he's been having trouble sleeping since he learned what was going on right in his neighborhood. he's trying to come to grips with a horrific story in cleveland. let's give you up to speed a little bit as far as the charges go. the police chief is saying they could be filed as early as today, dave. dave? >> thank you. tory. jc dugard held hostage near -- jaycee dugard held hostage for 18 years is reacting to the news. last night she was in washington, d.c. being honored for the work she does with

kidnapping victims. >> i want to say what an amazing time to be talking about hope with everything that's happening. [ applause ] >> jaycee dugard was kidnapped when she was only 11 years old. she wants those three women in ohio to know that the kidnapping and abuse should not define who they are. 8:07. contra costa county is on track to lose two more fire stations because of money problems. the board of supervisors approved the plan to close station 87 in pittsburg this july. the board did not say which other station it could close but that would happen next january. the fire chief says the fire station closures would save $3 million. three other stations were already closed in recent months. the body of a missing hiker from minnesota has been found in yosemite national park. 73-year-old kenneth stensby's body was recovered yesterday afternoon. rangers say he apparently fell while taking a picture of the

waterfall. rangers say he was a veteran hiker traveling alone. authorities learned he was missing after he fail to return to his hotel room. later today, a few very jen urous thrill-seekers will be testing out great america park's new roller coaster, wooden roller coaster. now, they auctioned off rides for the roller coaster. all proceeds go to veterans and youth groups. the park will open to the general public on friday. the san jose sharks, celebrating the first playoff sweep in team history. [ cheers ] >> back to thornton. he shoots. rebound. they score! >> they beat the canucks 4-3 last night at hp a civil up. they tied the -- hp pavilion.

>> what do you think about the win? >> fantastic. are you kidding me? shark fans all decked out in teal have a week to rest before the next round begins. the opponent has not been determined. the warriors as opponent will face the spurs in san antonio for game 2 of the western conference semifinals. the warriors are looking to bounce back after monday's heartbreaking loss. steph curry is staying positive. by the way, he's on the cover of the latest "sports illustrated" magazine. the series comes to oakland on friday night and game 4 will be sunday afternoon. 8:10. it was one of the biggest diamond heists in recent history. the plot, this sounds like something out of a james bond movie. an 82-year-old man nearly beat to death in the central valley. why police believe it was a hate crime. ♪

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good morning. san mateo bridge, still not looking good as you drive -- pardon me. as you drive westbound getting onto the span. you can see that there's an injury accident just past the toll plaza. it's been blocking the two right lanes. chp is telling us that -- they've issued a sig-alert. we do not recommend using this bridge. use the dumbarton or bay bridge. still another 15, 20 minutes before they clear this.

>> all right. thank you, sal. 8:13. there are major new developments in one of the largest diamond heists in recent history. this morning investigators announced they've arrested 31 people in connection with the case. the suspects are accused of dressing up as police officers and stealing $50 million worth of diamonds from a plane at a belgian airport in february. the arrests were made in three countries. belgium, france, and switzerland. authorities say they've recovered some of the stolen demands. at least seven feel are confirmed dead after a cargo ship slammed into a port in italy. at least two people are still missing and some may be trapped under water in the tower. rescue crews and divers are searching the area. still no word what caused the crash. the ship's captain, it's reported, is being investigated for manslaughter. the white house could soon

announce it's in favor of something the fbi has wanted for years. the fbi wants to overhaul current wiretapping laws. that's because the current laws don't cover communication over the internet, including on social networks. fbi director robert mueller says that limits the pure row's ability to -- bureau's albyty to -- ability to carry out court-approved eaves dropping. this 82-year-old man was coming out of a sikh temple last sunday when he was beaten in the head with a steel pipe. he suffered head trauma and broken ribs. last night, fresno police held this community forum hoping to reassure the sikh's community. but sikh members fear they were targeted after 911 and now they are being targeted after the boston bombings. >> people are always looking for an easy target and it's -- it's ignorance and they don't know, you know, who they are

basically going against. >> police say they did catch the suspect identified as a 29- year-old transient about a half- mile from that temple. 8:15. former republican south carolina governor, mark sanford, is back in politics after winning a special election yesterday for a congressional seat in spite of a sex scandal. in his victory speech, he compared himself to a biblical figure resurrected from the dead. the woman he had the extra marely tal affair with -- extramarital affair with is now his fiancee. people protesting abortion providers in san francisco have new rules to follow. the board of supervisors has unanimously approved a law requiring a 25-foot buffer zone at reproductive health clinics such as planned parenthood.

supervisors say the legislation strikes a balance between the free speech rights of protesters and the rights of the patients to be free from harassment. the federal government still wants to put a berkeley pot dispensary out of business. the berkeley patients' group closed its shop on san pablo avenue a year ago. the government threatened to seize the property claiming the landlord violated federal laws by allowing marijuana to be sold. berkeley patients' group reopened in december, right town the street. but the governor has filed a lawsuit against the new landlord claiming the dispensary is too close to schools and if the pot sales continue, the property could be seesed. 8:17. the only u.s. airline that operates dreamliner jets is now back on schedule. united will resume on may 28th with a trip from houston to chicago. only boeing 787 flights in and out of the bay area are

scheduled to resume out of mineta airport next month. a new study shows that companies that continued business travel during the recession recovered faster than those that cut back. every dollar invested in travel almost $10 in revenue was generated. that translated to nearly $3 in profits. many companies that cut business expenses agree it i would -- it may have been the wrong move. 57% say it hurt their performance. in about 15 minutes from right now, a hearing begins on capitol hill into the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. our reporter, craig boswell, joining us live from washington, d.c. where reporters say testimony from whistle-blowers will prove the obama administration covered up information. >> reporter: good morning. republicans have been looking forward to this hearing for sometime. three witnesses will be testifying today at least two of them describe themselves as

whistle-blowers. much of today's hearing will focus on the testimony of greg hicks. he's believed to be the last person to speak to ambassador chris stevens at the u.s. consulate in benghazi. he's already been on record contradicting statements that this was reaction to an anti- muslim incident. he said he knew it was terrorist. the false accusations slowed response times. republicans want to know why talking points were changed and removed references to al qaeda. you recall susan rice's appearance on the shows fire days after the attack, referencing actually an anti- islam film. mark thompson, acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism, will testify. he's alleged that then-hillary

clinton cut that out. there's been an investigation into this, democrats say. this has been uncovered. republicans are alleging a coverup. other questions that will be covered include to what extent -- how much more security was asked for at the mission and were those requests ignored. so highly anticipated hearing getting underway. was supposed to get underway in about ten minutes. it may be running just a little bit late, back to you. craig boss real, live -- craig boswell. live from washington, d.c. look outside our window. it's been a foggy, cloudy morning in the bay area. these are live pictures. steve paulson is coming back.

there is a recall of meat underway. tybor is recalling 200 pound of its ready to eat pork smoke sus an. they are hungarian brands mild

smoked sausage and spicy sausage. the sausage is being recall recalled because -- recalled because it was not federally inspected. san francisco supervisor david campos is dropping his proposal to rename san francisco international airport after harvey milk. instead, he's refosing his efforts to have one of sfo's terminals named after the slain gay rights lead leader -- leader. he said he gave up the proposal because it faced too much opposition. there will be new rules in the town of sebastopol. the city council requires all new buildings to include solar power. sporters say these new rules will save homeowners an businesses money. it will also be good for the planet. but critics say the government should not be telling people what's best for them. >> i would like to see the ordinance change and remove the word "mandatory" to

"voluntary." [inaudible] >> now, sebastopol may be ahead of the time. the entire state will require solar power in all new construction beginning in 2020. we want to check in with sal. boy, still a huge mess on the san mateo bridge. it really is. we're gonna look at the live picture that says it all. the injury crash on the san mateo bridge, they still have it out there blocking the two right lanes. one lane is getting by. it's been out there for almost an hour. not quite but the damage is done. it's backed up all the way out to interstate 880. don't use the san mateo bridge. you will be stuck in a world of hurt trying to get to the span. you might want to think about the bum -- bum tarren to bridge or the -- dumbarton bridge or the bay bridge. chp just issued a sig-alert for a stalled truck fully loaded

with sheetrock. 680 southbound right after highway 242 -- or actually closer to pleasant hill's treat boulevard. it's in one of the right lanes and traffic is really busy in the area i want to show you highway 24 westbound as you drive through contra costa counties. it's moderately heavy driving up to the tunnel. you can see the vehicle that we're monitoring here is almost over to the caldecott tunnel itself. not a bad drive. 8:26. let's go to steve. well, almost everybody says cloudy skies except mountain view and moffett when there's a little bit of sun on the southern end of the peninsula. there's cloud cover. it will be a cloudy to mostly cloudy day. i would take is jacket to the giants' game. it looks cool to me even if you are in the lower seats. one system from arizona sending in light rain. travis has had light rain, fairfield and a little bit looks like eastern solano

contra costa county, 50s on the temperatures. they haven't changed all morning. they've been stuck. 52 san francisco, san rafael, santa rosa, 51. san jose mostly cloudy, 57. a little low also due west. that's been helping enhance the follow bank. they came together. morning fog. clouds, westerly breeze, some light rain. most of that should be about done. but maybe another hour off to the east. 60s and 70s but i think a cool day coast and bay and soft, lower 70s. it looks warmer tomorrow. we'll continue that theme into the weekend. nothing too outrageous. it will be warmer especially away from the coast on the weekend, dave. 8:27. gay pride parade organizers targeted for protests. >> shame, shame, shame on pride! >> the controversy over who will be the grand marshal in next month's parade. >> reporter: and a bullet comes straight into this oakland fire station. we'll tell you where the firefighters were when the bullet came through here and where they headed for cover.

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the san mateo bridge bridge continues to be a huge traffic problem. it looks like they've opened one more lane on westbound 92 about -- i would say about a half-mile past the toll plaza here. they are off to the right shoulder. the damage is done. traffic is backed up to the 880 and hayward streets. that's correct. still waiting for more tow trucks to arrive. the crash is an injury crash.

it's been there almost an hour. use alternate routes be instead of using the san mateo bridge. during the night, oakland firefighters had to dodge bullets from inside their fire station. police say that shooting killed a man out on the streets and also left bullet holes in the firehouse. claudine wong is there at the fire station on 50th avenue to show us the damage and also tell us why the firefighters say this could have been a lot worse. claudine? >> reporter: certainly some scary moments. we just got new information from oakland police about have hoot -- about this shooting. i want to show you where we are because this is what we're talking about this morning. you see the broke -- the broken window. that's the entry point. the bullet went through that window. it's called a through and through, it came through that window and back to the other side on the opposite side of the door. there are two fire trucks you are looking at. the firefighters in this station had just come back from a call. they were kind of spread in and

around this area and in the building when it happen -- when this happened. they heard the gunshots. didn't realize it was so close until they heard breaking glass and that's when they started to run for safety. >> well, dwayne, he's over under here. so for him to get under here, just imagine that. this is all metal. so if he messes up, he hits his head. >> reporter: whatever he heard was enough to say i'm getting under the truck? from talk. he didn't know where they were coming from and they already saw the glass shatter. the hole in the window before it was taken out was about this big. >> reporter: he's going under here. everyone else is running inside? >> yes, through the door and -- and coming through here. coming through here underneath this little desk. >> reporter: they went under the desk? >> yes. >> reporter: how many guys were under the desk? >> two. >> reporter: fortunately, no one was hurt. but this was a fatal shooting up the street when this shooting happened. you are looking at video from the actual shooting scene.

we have just learned from oakland police that a 19-year- old man from antioch was shot and killed in the shooting. apparently he was approached by several men and then a hail of gunfire erupted. and that's what led this bullet down the street. we've also seen another bullet hole in another building across the street from another stray bullet. certainly people out there saying they are shocked and surprised that no one else was hurt by this gunfire feeling a little relieved. as far as the firefighters, they are back to business as usual. they say their job is to serve and that's what they will -- and that's what they will continue doing today. back to you. the organizers of the gay pride parade will reschedule a meeting in a larger room after the protest last night. >> shame, shame, shame on pride! >> many were kept out of the meeting because organizers say the room was too small. the issue, the decision by sf pride's board of directors to

uninvite bradley manning as an honorary grand marshal. he's the gay soldier who remains in military custody after he leaked 700,000 classified documents to wikileaks. >> the pride board after the fact revoked that vote and invalidated that vote in complete violation of its own process for no other reason than they do not like bradley manning. >> there's been vile and vicious death threats made to board, staff, volunteers. we won't tolerate that here at san francisco pride. public safety is our number one priority. >> police were called in and last night's meeting was called off. no word on when or where the rescheduled meeting will be held next week. richmond city leaders may hire a high-profile law firm to seek damages from chevron stemming from the refinery fire last august. that fire injured of several workers and about 15,000 people

sought medical treatment at hospitals. mostly for respiratory issues. the contra costa times reports the city of richmond has been in talks to contract the law firm that represented victims of the san bruno pipeline explosion. before this day is over, the new 49er stadium may have an official name. they plan to announce a naming rights deal at a news conference today. ktvu's janine de la vega is live in santa clara right outside the future home of the 49ers. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. well, 49er fans and locals are amazed at just how fast this new stadium has gone up. they are also eager to find out what the name of the new stadium will be. we're hearing that a blue jeans company may land the naming rights. ktvu has learned that the 49ers are expected to hold a news conference in san francisco to discuss a naming rights deal later today. now, a new name for the stadium may also be announced.

the officials won't discuss the announcement or what company will be awarded the naming rights just yet. but there's been speculation from media reports that indicate that levi strauss company is the front-runner. that's been ruled by the company obtaining the domain rights to names such as levi field and levi stadium. now, sources say that still appears to be the top choice. fans had mixed reaction. >> whatever name they give it, i'm going to be happy about -- i love the 49ers. levi strauss sounds like a good name. >> you kind of want to have something that -- that reflects the bay area. i know levi is in san francisco. but you want something that's high-tech, something that's new, refreshing, exciting, something like that. >> reporter: naming rights is important because city officials have said that the money generated would be part of how the stadium is financed. now, barring any sudden change of plans, again, the announcement is supposed to be made later today.

reporting live from santa clara, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:36. the number of homeless families with children in sonoma county has gone down 20% in the last two years. every two years, the coalition of county agencies adds up the number of homeless people in sonoma county. this year, the overall homeless population dropped by 6% from 4500 to 4200 people. the agencies that work with the homeless say that drop in the number of homeless families with kids, it's encouraging especially since it's something they've made a top priority. 8:37. police in pleasanton hope new surveillance photos will lead to the arrest of a bank robber. investigators released these photos of the suspect. they say he robbed the chase bank near stoneridge drive yesterday morning around 9:00. no one was hurt in the robbery and it's unclear how much money was taken. nurses at sutter hospitals in the east bay, getting ready

to stage a seven-day strike. hundred of nurses are expected to walk off the job beginning may 17th. the nurses say they are upset over pay, benefits and patient care. affected hospitals include alta bates in berkeley, oakland, eden medical center in castro valley. san leandro hospital and sutter delta in antioch. a hospital spokesperson says replacement workers will be hired an that the hospitals will remain fully staffed. we need to talk about traffic. a met on the san mateo bridge. sal, i don't know if you can fix this. >> i don't know. this accident has been out hear there for more than an hour now. it looks like the right lane is still partially blocked. traffic is backed up onto 880. it's also backed up on the 880 city streets. it's backed up on 92 to jackson. it's making a mess to everyone. you can use the dumbarton bridge or the bay bridge. they say it will be cleared

soon. i don't know. it's already messy. moving along and taking a look at the pleasant hill commute. they've issued the sig-alert for southbound 680 near street boulevard. the stalled truck that has -- it has a bunch of sheetrock on it. it's very hard for it to move and traffic is going to be slow in the area. all right. let's go to highway 101, san francisco, northbound 101, hospital curve. driving there. traffic is moving along relatively well, just about to come up on vermont street here. you can see getting into the city. it's a good thing we have this camera because the camera we have on the tall building is 5:00ed out with low clouds. also, today -- 5:00ed out with low cloud -- fogged out with low cloud. there's a day game today at at&t park. it will be tough traffic on 101 after the game. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. cloudy skies, combination of the low cloud, even the system

actually bringing back cloud from the sierra nevada has given us a cloudy day. 64 for game time, 12:45. west wind at 15 miles an hour. low clouds -- it looks like most of the rain is about done, you can he soo it spinning off the sierra spinning. vacaville, suisun city, brentwood, oakley maybe. it looks pretty close. most of that is starting to wind down. this is really impressive. another little guy, a hangback low as we call it, kind of enhancing the fog a little bit. so the combination will give us a cloudy morning. the temperatures are still in the 50s. they are coolby 5, 7 degrees. westerly breeze at sfo. westerly breeze at oakland. west fest at warefield. that's a cooler -- westfield. that's cooler. we're looking for the cloud cover, some of the rain in sacramento, it's still driving

west from the east. so we're not done completely yet. a little bit of that continues to work its way back to solano county and eastern contra costa county. it's there. a much bigger system producing some heavy rain in new york. look at that. this is a stalled low, what we call a vertically stacked one. it's at the surface in the upper atmosphere. it's pumping in a lot of rain. hoboken, new jersey. it looks like they got a break. it's moving back in. there was really heavy rain in new york city. 40s in the mountains. i heard reports of fog, cloudy skies, very light rain. 53 to ukiah, 60s down south. around lancaster, a san joaquin valley. fresno has had light rain. morning fog, clouds, westerly breeze, light morning rain. i think that's done for another hour or two. a little bit of sun would help. i know moffett reported sun at

8:00 a.m. everyone else said cloudy. we'll carry that especially inland. there will be low to mid-80s. by the coast and bay, 50s and 70s. we just heard steve talk about the rain in new york city. that's left major streets flooded. an hour ago we showed you photographs taken by a brooklyn resident, ian styles. these are two new photos of flooding in his -- in his neighborhood. the water is high and extremely treacherous for drivers. scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are predicted through the evening. certainly a dicey situation for people in parts of new york city. a deadly gas tanker explosion near mexico city. how the death toll is rising as the search for victims continues. also continuing coverage of the deadly limo fire. you will hear the dispatcher tape of that horrible incident on the san mateo bridge saturday night.

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the dow is above 15,000 the day after it closed above the landmark level for the first time. markets have rallied, bolstered by encouraging economic data, corporate earns and ongoing support from banks. the dow is up 15,000. the nasdaq up 11. the s&p is up 4. and electronic art stock is up 14% at $21.02. that's after e.a. announced revenue was up 6% for its fiscal fourth quarter. it soared 36% for the year. one of the big titles for this title is sim city, which sold 1.6 million copies since it launched in march. the redwood city game publisher also says it will no longer pay a licensing fee to gunmakers. ea they said there's no reason for it to pay to feature them. the move is seen as retaliation

for the nra association blaming the video games for gun violence after the newton, connecticut shootings. these are live pictures from cleveland, ohio. this is outside the home of amanda berry's sister. amanda berry, one of the three women delayed missing for ten years -- declared missing for ten years. she's expected to speak to all of the reporters there. you see all of the balloons. berry is the woman who broke out of the house and she called police. three men, all brothers, have been arrested in connection with their abductions. they are expected to be questioned today. we'll be keeping an eye on the situation and let you know what happens. also in washington, d.c., these are live pictures from a congressional hearing that's underway investigating the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya.

again, this is from the house oversight committee hearing. whistle blows from the state department are -- whistle blowers are the state department are expected to testify. we'll have the details on that. and here at home, a fire caused a lot of damage at the landmark merritt bakery in oakland early this morning. ktvu's tara moriarty is live from oakland talking about the concerns about the future of the bakery. what are you hearing, tara? >> well, the workers have now gone home with their heads hung, wondering what's gonna happen, workers are shaking their heads in disbelief. a lot of anxiety here at merritt's cause no one knows when it will open or if it will open. the environment department has shut it down. the flames shot in the back of the building around 3:00 this morning. we arrived within 15 minutes of that 911 call. heavy smoke billowed from the building making it difficult to

breathe. 32 firefighters were able to knock out the flames within 45 minutes. merritt's has had two previous fires in recent years. the city gave them money to prevent them from closing. some long-time customers wonder if this is the end. >> well, i didn't see the lights on. i figured maybe i'm early. i just come down for breakfast. no breakfast. that's a heck of a thing. >> i don't know if it's a landmark but it should be. it's been here forever. it's a great place to meet everybody. we'll meet you at the her writ. >> -- merritt. >> reporter: officials estimate tens of thousands of dollars in damages. the fire started in a downstairs storage room and spread to the kitchen and upstairs. this is a very popular restaurant. it's been dishing out pies and cakes, wedding cakes for more than 50 years. we've put in a call to the fire investigator to see exactly how the fire may have started but

he has not come up with a determination just yet. we'll keep you posted. live from oakland, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. 8:49. well, the tale of city twos. first oakland was named the most exciting city. but now it's now considered the robbery capital. mayor jean quan is calling this unacceptable. william bratten to, the newly- hired police conatent for the city is -- consultant for the city is expected to release solutions how to handle it. police are investigating a crash that seriously injured a pedestrian. it happened the soth and enough -- it happened at 10th and university last night. police say a driver in a small sedan hit a man at the intersection. police say it's unclear whether the injured pedestrian was in the crosswalk. >> the pedestrian was

transported by the berkeley fire department to a local hospital. he's in critical condition. >> police say the driver stopped and is cooperating with investigators. they say they are hooking into whether drugs -- looking into whether drugs or alcohol played a factor. we're hearing more from family members as they try to deal what happened that night when the deadly fire happened in that limousine. pam cook has more. >> the voices sound calm but you can tell they are describing a frantic situation. we're hearing the radio communications between emergency dispatchers and first responders. >> a vehicle fire, westbound 92, west of the high rise. report of a vehicle fire with possible entrapment. >> there's a limo on the west side of the high rise engulfed of. we have a report of people

trapped. >> five inside. >> over in the phillippines, the bride's mother looks through a photo album filled with pictures of her daughter who died that night inside the limo. she says neriza wished her an early happy mother's day shortly after the tragic fire. the newly wed's were planning a second celebration in the philippines. the limo driver doesn't think there was a fire extinguisher in the limo. but state law doesn't require that. we understand that jerry hill of san mateo says he will introduce a bill next week requiring five extinnerrers in all limos -- extinguishers in all limos. tori? >> thank you. we want to go to ohio. the sisters of one of the women held can't infor ten years is about to speak. these are pictures from the

scene. this stir has been getting a huge amount of coverage. you can tell that by the press here. one of those women held captive, amanda berry was taken to a hospital. those are pictures of her and her sister along with amanda berry's 6-year-old daughter obviously born while she was being held captive in a home by three brothers who are now under arrest. and these are live pictures right now from the scene where it looks like there's someone coming forward. they are clearing a path with police to try to hear what she has to say. >> apparently the sister did say something but the reporters kind of drowned her out and so she left, didn't stay there very long. but she did say a few words. we're not sure what she said. but you saw the crush of reporters and cameras around there and it was part of a madhouse scene. but we're waiting to see -- get more information about what's happening outside of the home

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the archrival of the san francisco giants showed a softer side. after sunday night's game at at&t park, l.a. dodgers outfielder matt kemp met one of his biggest fans, 19- year-old joshua jones of tracy. he suffers from inoperable cancer in his spine. he's only been given three months to live. >> when matt kemp heard about him, he said he had to meet him. kemp gave him an autographed ball, you saw him table off his cap, jeercy and shoes a -- take off his cap, jersey and shoes and gave it to him. his brother said if that's josh's last memory, it's an incredible one. sal? >> the lanes are open on the san mateo bridge bridge. traffic is opened now. but give yourself plenty of

time. looking at the bay bridge, a decent alternate. there is a daytime baseball game today. let's go to steve. mostly cloudy here thisern mooing. a few -- mostly cloudy here this morning. we start a warming trend thursday. more so on the weekend. >> all right, steve. thank you. >> that's our report this morning. we thank you for chooses ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> thanks for watching. bye-bye.

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